
Auditorium Layout Design 101: Creating Functional and Comfortable Spaces
An auditorium isn’t just a room with seats — it’s a space designed to shape sound, sight, and comfort for every occupant. Proper auditorium architecture balances acoustics, sightlines, energy efficiency, and occupant comfort to create an inviting, high-performing space.

ICC 500 Missile Impact Testing Requirements for Storm Shelters and Safe Rooms
Fox Blocks announces that their ICF wall assembly passed the ICC 500 required Missile Impact test used to determine compliance of storm shelter and safe room design and construction from flying debris in severe high-wind weather events.

MAYURA MANOR
Deadlines and Design Codes Don’t Stop A Dream Home. A striking front elevation is met with highly-efficient sustainable features and includes a courtyard connecting the main home, casita and garage, with custom stone water features elevated above the pool deck.

How to Measure and Plan for Energy Efficiency in Your Building
As climate change becomes a greater issue, architects are under increasing pressure to design sustainable, yet high-performance buildings. In this blog, we go over some effective strategies you can use during the design process to enhance your building’s energy efficiency

SHOWBIZ CINEMA
With theaters, a bowling alley, dining, and an arcade, Homestead Station is the centerpiece of Homestead’s downtown revitalization. The owner wanted a durable, high-performance building to house their proprietary theater experience featuring 3D surround sound, massive screens, and premium reclining seats.

Improve the Comfort and Health of a Building with Soundproof Exterior Walls
The need to incorporate soundproofing features in the exterior walls of today’s homes and buildings has increased in recent decades. Urbanization, population growth, and an increase in air, rail, and highway traffic all have contributed to a widespread escalation of noise pollution.
Do ICFs require a special concrete mix design?
The concrete is normal strength, minimum 2500 psi (20 MPa) per building codes. The mix design specifies a smaller aggregate and higher slump than concrete typically used for floors. Most Ready-Mix suppliers are familiar with an ICF concrete mix design.

WINTERSET COMMUNITY CHURCH ADDITION
Winterset Community Church wanted a larger gathering space for the local community, so they decided to add a gymnasium to their worship building. The addition had to be built quickly while the church was still in use, blend in seamlessly with the existing structure, and offer high noise protection between the church and the gymnasium.

8 Impressive Modern Homes Built with ICF
Any sustainability consultant will tell you that a building’s insulation is a crucial part in constructing an energy-efficient, high performance home. Choosing the right material and insulation method for a build ensures homeowners will have a sustainable building envelope for the life cycle of the home.
How do you control voids in the wall?
The concrete mix is a high slump 5″- 6.5″ (125 mm – 165 mm) with a smaller aggregate size so the concrete flows easily. The person in charge of placing the concrete should watch the concrete flow throughout the whole wall to ensure there are no void pockets. Internal vibrating provides good consolidation, eliminating voids.